The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 3, 2072
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 PM
7:41 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1846
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.7° / 310.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -6.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.97° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.07° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.